Alavya Dhungana's Outputs (2)

Omnidens appendages and the origin of radiodont mouthparts (2024)
Journal Article
Li, W., Yang, J., Yang, X., Dhungana, A., Wang, Y., Zhang, X., & Smith, M. (2024). Omnidens appendages and the origin of radiodont mouthparts. Papers in Palaeontology, 10(6), Article e1600. https://doi.org/10.1002/spp2.1600

The sophisticated, modular and adaptable body plan of arthropods underpins their dominance in marine invertebrate communities. The origin of this body plan from legged lobopodian worms can be inferred from Cambrian Konservat-Lagerstätten, but our un... Read More about Omnidens appendages and the origin of radiodont mouthparts.

Organ systems of a Cambrian euarthropod larva (2024)
Journal Article
Smith, M. R., Long, E. J., Dhungana, A., Dobson, K. J., Yang, J., & Zhang, X. (2024). Organ systems of a Cambrian euarthropod larva. Nature, 633, 120-126. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07756-8

The Cambrian radiation of euarthropods can be attributed to an adaptable body plan. Sophisticated brains and specialized feeding appendages, which are elaborations of serially repeated organ systems and jointed appendages, underpin the dominance of E... Read More about Organ systems of a Cambrian euarthropod larva.